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Description: | A Langton Down type copper alloy brooch of late Iron Age to early Roman date (c. AD 25-60). The bow is 27.4mm long (almost complete), and 14.1mm wide at the top, but tapers downwards (unusually for the type). It is 5.2mm thick. The semi-cylindrical wings are 20.4mm wide (truncated), with a diameter of 8.2mm.
In terms of ornament, the bow is reeded, and the wings are divided up into two fields, one of which is decorated with opposing oblique lines. The spring is housed in a sheet metal case which is formed from flanges cast along the top and bottom edges of the wings, leaving the mechanism exposed to the posterior. | Subjects: | Langton Down | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Ashby, Steven - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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